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EP 1 433 032 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 31.07.2003 (43) Date of publication: 30.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/27 (21) Application number: 02768726.8 (22) Date of filing: 27.08.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G05B 19/18 (86) International application number: PCT/US2002/027269 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/019332 (06.03.2003 Gazette 2003/10)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 27.08.2001 US 315145 P 31.10.2001 US 335684 P (71) Applicant: Informmed Dunlap, IL 61525 (US)	(72) Inventors: FRANCIS, Katharine, R. Dunlap, IL 61525 (US) MATHIS, Diane, M. Springfield, IL 62704 (US) (74) Representative: Wagner, Karl H., Dipl.-Ing.  Wagner & Geyer,Patentanwälte,Gewürzmühlstrasse 5 80538 München 80538 München (DE)